For a limited time, Hostos Community College has access to a free trial of BoardVitals from STAT!Ref. BoardVitals is a NCLEX RN and PN exam review tool through February 18, 2015. For more information, and to register for the free trial with your Hostos email address, click here.

Since the release of the rulings in the Eric Garner and Mike Brown cases, many Hostos students have expressed the need for a communication outlet for justice.

The Black Studies Unit and the Media Design Programs of Hostos Community College have created a platform for expression called Hostos Hands Up. We are scholar activists acting in the tradition of W.E.B. DuBois and Eugenio Maria de Hostos.

If you are interested in our cause, here are some ways to get involved:

1.) Join us on Saturday, December 13th for the Millions March NYC. Meet us at West 4th subway stop at 1:15pm.

2.) Go to hostoshandsup.org. You can support us by sponsoring a pair of hands for $5 (materials to make signs for 2 students).

3.) Make signs with us in C-150 (art room) on Wednesday, December 10th from 10am-2pm

Our list of library databases is available here. You can search our databases to find articles from newspapers, magazines and academic journals. You can also find videos, poetry, statistics, audio clips, E-Books and so much more. Try the quiz below and see how well you know our databases.

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From the following databases, guess which we searched to find information on how Thanksgiving’s date was selected. Here’s some information (from American History, 2014)- “In October 1941, Congress passed a joint resolution, formally–and presumably, forever–fixing the date as the fourth Thursday in November.” But, how do we know this?

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We always feel really sleepy after a holiday feast, and legend has it that tryptophan is the cause. But is it true? We found the answer in an article from The Encyclopedia of Nutrition and Good Health, which we found in one of the databases below. Here’s the answer-

“The effectiveness of tryptophan for inducing sleep is well established. Tryptophan has been used for many years in Great Britain to treat insomnia. For certain people, it enhances relaxation and sleepiness. Tryptophan seems more effective when taken before bedtime with a carbohydrate-rich food.”

CUNYFirst, Hostos Email, Blackboard! Do you need your username/password to print? How do you log into the wireless network? Can you print from your own laptop? Can you read your Hostos email on your Smartphone? The answer is YES.

Come to a Technology Orientation Workshop and learn about the many technology and information services available to you at Hostos. Workshops are offered throughout the semester:

Our Information Technology Department is planning to perform maintenance in the library on Saturday, September 6 from 6:00 am to 9:00 am. During this time all network and telephone services will be interrupted in the library. We apologize for any disruption in service that anyone might experience.

The CUNY Catalog will have limited availability during a scheduled upgrade
beginning 7/10/2014. You will not be able to renew or request items between 7/10/2014 and 7/24/2014. Search access will not be available between 7/10/2014 and 7/12/2014. Access to our electronic resources will not be affected.